Exam question 2 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…
Which of the following is the manner in which the protagonist was rescued from the sea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, rescue · To what, where: protagonist, manner
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 manner | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 manner | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 manner | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 manner | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 manner | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 manner | det |
| 7 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 rescued | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 protagonist | det |
| 11 | protagonist | protagonist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rescued | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 rescued | aux:pass |
| 13 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 manner | acl:relcl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 sea | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sea | det |
| 16 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rescued | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 manner | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the manner | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | rescue | past · passive | the protagonist | the manner | from the sea | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from sea=Source |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nukku Matti drew the boat to himself with his fishing rod.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nukku | Nukku | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | Matti | Matti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Nukku | flat |
| 3 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boat | det |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 himself | case |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 drew | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 rod | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 rod | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rod | compound |
| 11 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | Nukku | the boat | Nukku | with Nukku's fishing rod | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boat=Theme to himself=Destination |
Option 2
A rescue boat collected him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boat | det |
| 2 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boat | compound |
| 3 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 collected | nsubj |
| 4 | collected | collect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 collected | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 collected | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | past | a rescue boat | him = he | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
A fisherman hooked the boat with his line.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fisherman | det |
| 2 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hooked | nsubj |
| 3 | hooked | hook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boat | det |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hooked | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 line | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 line | nmod:poss |
| 8 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hooked | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hooked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hook | past | a fisherman | the boat | with fisherman's line | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent boat=Patient with line=Instrument |
Option 4
The old man reeled the boat in with a net and rope.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reeled | nsubj |
| 4 | reeled | reel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reeled | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 reeled | compound:prt |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 net | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 net | det |
| 10 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reeled | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 rope | cc |
| 12 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 net | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 reeled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reel in | past | the old man | the boat | with a net and rope | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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